Wool is such a beautiful and cozy fiber even after accidents with the washing machine. Shrunken wool sweaters can be upcycled into functional items like these color block mittens. It’s also a great ...

I didn’t think I could pull of the bohemian upcycled look—jeans held together with safety pins and jackets covered in patches. But Patagonia has changed my mind. In late 2019, it launched ReCrafted, a ...

This might be the winter that breaks me. All the cold air, snow shoveling and repeated post-plow mailbox repairs have me wishing I could turn up the sun. To survive the winter blast of 2014, I’m ...

Wardrobe upcycling is nothing new. After all, when you think about it, clothing is made from cloth. Lots of other things are made from cloth. So when your clothes have served their functional purpose ...

Instead of tossing old sweaters, get creative and turn them into cozy accessories and stylish home decor. Whether it's a well-loved sweater with pilled sleeves or one that shrunk in the wash and no ...

Sartorial Sustainability: The United States generates an estimated 21 billion pounds of textile waste annually, but upcycled fashions — such as this dress by designer Stina Anderson modeled by Camille ...

The global fashion industry is worth an estimated $1.7 trillion, but that value comes at a cost. Each year, more than 11 million tons of textiles – mostly discarded clothing - ends up in landfill.

In an industrial section of downtown, where lines of tractor-trailers rumble down the potholed streets and the aroma of the Farmer John meatpacking plant hits your nostrils, L.A.’s godfather of ...

Vin + Omi are known for using waste products like dead hydrangea heads and nettles from Prince Charles’ Highgrove estate to create new materials. For their Autumn/Winter 2020 collection they also ...